Grace Fisher Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 92-2861695)

Grace Fisher’s $20K as Founder & Creative Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 250 <$100K arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Grace Fisher Foundation is an arts and culture nonprofit based in Santa Barbara, CA, formed in 2023.

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1 program · $179K · in their own filed words · FY2025

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The organizations provides individuals with disabilities free access to music, art, dance, and other artistic programs.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 92-2861695) · Dispute this line

$179Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

The Galena FoundationFY2024$25K

The Chicago Community TrustFY2024$10K

Gwendolyn Strong FoundationFY2024$8K

Rudi Schulte Family FoundationFY2024$6K

Ann Jackson Family FoundationFY2024$5K

Bull Henry W FoundationFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$59K

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$725K

Other incomeLn 4–11$328K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$66K

Money outPt IX

$216K

Ln 25

Programscol B$179K

Managementcol C$37K

Owns and owesPt X

$911K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$911K

Total assetsLn 16$911K

LiabilitiesLn 26$660

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$725K

Government grantsLn 1e$2K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$66K

Investment incomeLn 3$7K

Other incomeLn 4–11$328K

Total revenueLn 12$1.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$404K

SavingsLn 2$507K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$911K

Total assetsLn 16$911K

LiabilitiesLn 26$660

Net assetsLn 32$911K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 57

VolunteersI 670

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$0	$911K
Total assetsLn 16	$0	$911K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$660
Net assetsLn 32	$0	$911K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5	$20K	$20K	$0	$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$47K	$47K	$0	$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$7K	$0	$7K	$0
Payroll taxesLn 10	$8K	$8K	$0	$0
Accounting feesLn 11c	$2K	$0	$2K	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$12K	$12K	$0	$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$19K	$19K	$0	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$7K	−$103	$7K	$0
Information technologyLn 14	$2K	$204	$2K	$0
OccupancyLn 16	$62K	$60K	$2K	$0
TravelLn 17	$58	$0	$58	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$9K	$0	$9K	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$18K	$13K	$5K	$0
All other expensesLn 24e	$3K	$466	$3K	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$216K	$179K	$37K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 3, 2026	$1.1M	$216K	$911K	$911K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments G · Fundraising L · Interested persons O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,126,480 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grants$724,567

I-9 Program service revenue$66,483

I-10 Investment income$7,266

I-11 Other revenue$328,164

I-12 Total revenue$1,126,480

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$81,591

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expenses$134,193

I-18 Total expenses$215,784

I-19 Revenue less expenses$910,696

Part VI · Governance 5 of 9 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,126,480 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $6,037 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$2,500

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$722,067

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$724,567

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$66,483

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,266$7,266

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $322,127$322,127

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $72,520 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $329,393$1,126,480

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $215,784 across 14 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $19,704 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$19,704

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $46,834 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$46,834

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $7,311 · Fundraising $0$7,311

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,742 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,742

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,022 · Fundraising $0$2,022

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $12,154 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,154

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $18,637 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$18,637

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms −$103 · Management $7,077 · Fundraising $0$6,974

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $204 · Management $1,793 · Fundraising $0$1,997

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,951 · Management $2,210 · Fundraising $0$62,161

IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $58 · Fundraising $0$58

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $8,940 · Fundraising $0$8,940

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,150 · Management $4,999 · Fundraising $0$18,149

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $466 · Management $2,635 · Fundraising $0$3,101

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $178,739 · Management $37,045 · Fundraising $0$215,784

Part X · Balance sheet $911,356 assets, 9 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$404,307

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$507,049

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$911,356

X-25 Other liabilities$660

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$660

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictions$893,926

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$16,770

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$910,696

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$911,356

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $910,696 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,126,480

XI-2 Total expenses$215,784

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$910,696

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$910,696

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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